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TIL that grasshoppers and locusts are the same insect. Harmless grasshoppers can undergo hormonal changes which transform them into the swarming monstrosities.

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8ewoa TIL the idea of machines gaining full consciousness and overthrowing humanity goes back all the way to 1863
NXMXM TIL that barbie doll actually has a full name and birthday! Her full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts and her birthday is March 9, 1959, when she was first displayed at the New York Toy Fair.
w6LE TIL 90,000 Kentuckians fought for the Union, while 35,000 fought for the Confederate States. But Kentucky has 72 Confederate monuments and only two Union ones
mgrO TIL that research has shown that adult playfulness increases a person’s sexiness
R5Z0a TIL in the 1940s, Dr. John C. Cutler led US-funded syphilis experiments in Guatemala, secretly infecting prisoners and patients, including a terminally ill woman, to study penicillin. Justified as "for the greater good," it remained hidden until 2010 when the US government issued a formal apology.